Drug raid nets suspected invader, others

KTVZ-TV — Bend, Ore.
A drug deal near a southeast Bend Chinese restaurant Friday afternoon led to a traffic stop, the arrest of four Bend residents, a raid on a Deschutes River Woods home and the seizure of methamphetamine worth nearly $10,000, police said Saturday. — One of the suspects, later identified as a suspected illegal alien, tried twice to run, once running across Third Street while handcuffed, but was taken into custody both times, officers said. Another suspect’s three children were placed with a family member. — It all began when a Bend police officer observed a drug deal involving two men and a woman around 1:30 p.m. Friday in the area of the Hong Kong Restaurant at 530 SE Third St., said Sgt. Todd Fletcher… Read More